Sounding wheeled toy



Sept. 14 1926.

H. FISCHER souunme WHEELED TOY Filed Feb. '20. 1925 Patented Sept. 14,1926.

UNITED STATES HEINRICH FISCHER,

1,599,813 PATENT OFFICE.

NUREMBERG, GERMANY, ASSIGN'OR TO THE FIRM H. FISCHER & 00., OFNUREMBERG, GERMANY.

sounnme WHEELED TOY.

Application filed February 20, 1925, Serial No. 10,662, and in GermanyNovember 20, 1924.

This invention relates to a sounding wheeled toy referably in the shapeof a car for an e ectric tramway the doors of which are alternatelyopened and shut, the movement of the car being stopped at the same time,the doors remaining shut when the car is running but being opened assoon as the car is stopped.

The car comprises further a signal bell which is operated when the motorcar has stoppedand the doors are opened.

' An embodiment of the invention is shown, by way of example, on theaccompanying drawing, in which V Fig. 1 shows the toy car in sideelevation.

Fig. 2 shows in side elevation the machanism for operating the doors.

Figs. 3 and 4 are side elevations showing the-clockwork, the elements ofthe same be .ing in different positions and displaced 180 with regard tothe positions of the same elements shown in Figs. 1 and 2. t

Fig. 5 is a front view of the clockwork.-

Fig. 6 illustrates a constructural detail.

The sounding wheeled toy has the shape of an electric tramway car of thetype commonly used in the United States. The tramway car has a doorcomposed of two leaves 1, 2 (Fig. 2). The two door leaves 1,

i are movably mounted in the car by means 7 of rods 3, 4 coupled the onewith the other by a connecting rod 5. To one end of said connecting rod5 a two-armed lever 6 is hingedly connected adapted to pivot around anaxle 7 fixed in the car. The lower end of the-two-armed lever 6 engageswith a bow.8 fixed on the rod 3 of the door leaf 1. The other end of theconnecting 'rod 5 is attached to a bow 9 mounted on an arm 10 which isattached at the other end to the door leaf 2. With this bow 9 engagesfurther the bent end of a driving rod 11 driven from a clockwork. 7

At one end of the car (Fig. 1) a bell 12 is arranged the clapper 13 ofwhich is operated from the clockwork through the intermedia of; atwoarmed lever 14 adapted to osci ate 'around an axle 15 fixed in thecar. The lower free end of said lever 14 is acted upon by a cam disk 16of the clockwork.

On an axle 17 journaled in the housing 18 of the clockwork a frame 19(Figs. 36) is mounted to oscillate and is rigidly connected with thedriving rod 11 for the door leaves 1,2. This frame 19 carries at-eitherside of its axle 17 an axle 22 and 23 carrymg each a pinion 20, 21respectively. On the axle 23 the cam disk 16 is keyed which opleratesthe lever 14 at theupper end of w 10h the clapper 13 is mounted (Figs. 4and 3). The pinion 21 on this axle 23 is adapted to be brought in gear:with a toothed wheel 25 keyed on the winding-up axle 24 of theclockwork. The axle 22 carries the two wheels 26 of the car and a pinion20 on this axle 22 is adapted to be brought in gear with the drivingWheel 27 of the clockwork. On the axle 23 which carries the cam disk 16an arm 28 is mounted which has a longitudinal slot 29 traversed by thewinding-up axle 24 of the clockwork. The up or end 30v of this arm 28 isbent at the rig 1t angles and engages with a cam disk 31 keyed on thewinding-up axle 24 of the clockwork.

By the action of the weight of the vehicle the driving wheel 27 of theclockwork is brought in contact with the pinion 20 on the axle 22 whichcarries the wheels 26 of the vehicle so that these wheels are rotatedand rotation of the winding-up axle 24 the cam disk 31 comes in contactwith the upper bent end 30 of arm 28 connected with the axle 23 of theoscillatable frame 19 so that this arm is raised and the frame 19 isoscillated in anti-clockwise direction, whereby the pinion 20 on thewheel axle 22 is brought out of gear with the driving wheel 27 (Fig. 3).The movement is interrupted and the vehicle stops.

At the oscillating movement of the frame 19 the rod 11 attached to thesame is moved in the direction of the arrow (1 (Fig. 2)

whereby the right door leaf is moved by the arm 10 in the direction ofthe arrow 6 thatis to say opened. The connecting rod 5 which connectsthe two doorleaves. 1, 2- moves also in the direction of the arrow 6wherefrom results an oscillating movement of the two-armed lever 6 inthe direction of the arrow c so that the rod 3 ismoved in the directionof the arrow cl pulling open the left door leaf 1.

By the oscillating movement of frame 19 the pinion 21 of the axle 23which carries the cam disk 16 has been brought in gear with theclockwork wheel 25 (Fig. 3) so that this cam disk 16 is rotated in thedirection of the arrow f (Fig. 1) and makes the driving lever 14 of theclapper 18 oscillate in the direction of'the arrow g. \Vhcn the lever 14slides off the cam disk 16 it jumps back and the clapper 13 strikesagainst the bell 12. As soon as the cam disk 31 releases the upper bentend 30 of the movable arm 28 the frame 19 is returned by the action ofthe weight of the vehicle into its initial position. At this rotatingmovement the rod 11 and the intermediate element controlling themovements of the door leaves 1, 2 are made to move in opposite directionas before so that the door is being shut. At the same time the alarmbell is stopped. When the oscillating movement of the arm 11 is finishedand the door has been shut the pinion 20 operating the axle for thevehicle wheels 26 has again come in gear with the driving wheel 27 ofthe clockwork and the vehicle continues to run until the cam disk 31causes again, through the. intermediary of arm 28,

. the oscillation of frame 19 so that the abovedescribed roceedings arerepeated. The door may a so be a one-leaf door or a hinged door. Eachside wall or each end wall of the vehicle may have a door.

I claim 1. .A sounding wheeled toy comprising in combination, a body inthe shape of a tram car, sliding doors in the side Walls of said car, analarm bell mounted at a convenient point in said car, a clockworkmechanism for driving the Wheel axle of said car, a lever system foroperating the doors, a lever system for operating the clapper of thealarm bell, a cam disk operated from said clockwork mechanism, and'aframe oscillatably mounted in the housing of the clockwork mechanism,operated from said cam disk and designed to alternately operate saidlever system for operating the doors and lever system for sounding thealarm e 2. A sounding wheeled toy comprising in combination a body inthe shape of a tramway car, a sliding door in one side wall of said car,an alarm bell in said car, a clockwork mechanisnrin said car, an axlefor the rear wheels of saidcar, a pinion on said wheel axle, anoscillatable frame oscillated from said clockwork mechanism, two axlesin said frame, an oscillatable rod for operatin said door said rod beingcontrolled directly from said frame, a pinion on each frame axle the onepinion engaging with said pinion on the wheel axle when the oscillatableframe is in the one extreme position, a cam 'disk for acting upon theclapper of said alarm bell, said cam disk being rotated from the pinionon said second frame axle when the oscillatable frame is in the otherextreme position. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HEINRICH FISCHER.

